Going - Good to Yielding (Hurdle & Bumper), Yielding, Good in places (Chase). Fine and sunny
Jackpot Pool - €997.51 Not Won. Carried forward to Listowel. Placepot Pool - €11,230.31 Not Won. Carried forward to No Course. Days Aggregate - €105,410.26 Last Year €103,029.81
Elliott's Purse takes the honours in Tramore opener
Markham's Machine gets another win to his name
Ninth Titan easily wins his maiden hurdle under Townend
Callaghan times it just right on Early Arrival
Wolfhill wins Tramore maiden in familiar Bowe colours
A remarkable statistic is that Brian Hayes rode Sweet Kiln to win here and he has also ridden all of her five winners. That's probably one for the record books. Sweet Sting, Kiln Time, Rock Road and Aunt Alice are the other winners Sweet Kiln has produced. Sweet Kiln won here in 2008 with Brian aboard as a 7lb claimer. He has a remarkable association with the family. He is a good looking horse and he needed good ground. He also needed a bit of time, he is six now. He is working better now than he was as a younger horse. He is at Kilbeggan tomorrow as first reserve but he would have a mandatory penalty. I wouldn't rule it out completely but it's unlikely. It's an 80-95 handicap. He will definitely keep going for the summer as he needs summer ground.
Glannagaullitehous lands gamble in Tramore finale
We bred her as well and it makes it all the sweeter. That's the second recent winner that we bred ourselves after Barnahash Primrose. My father and father in law looked after the dam for a long time. We'd have five broodmares and we'd be breeding away out of them. These are the first of them coming through now. We fancied her today. I was hoping to go to Wexford with her a couple of weeks ago but the other mare (Divaboriva) got in even though I thought she'd get balloted. It worked out fine anyway as the two of them won. My mothers people came from up above where I have my yard. It was up high and the house that was there was known as the lighthouse, so that's the connection. I called the dam Glannagaul as that's the address where the yard is. We will take today for today and I wouldn't like to be running her on quick ground. She handles soft well and jumps really well. She is well schooled and jumps a hurdle and a fence. She had the option of going for a point-to-point but she is in the bonus scheme and there was good prizemoney here. The lads have her leased and I worked with them from 2001 to 2010. I worked with them for Pat Mulcair. They are sound lads and I'm delighted for them.
